Windows Phone 7 “The World Doesn’t Need Another Platform” says Android
PC Magazine posted earlier
Furthermore, it was stated that the Windows Phone 7 looks “interesting” but no value is apparent, particularly when the Android system is already out there. “Android is free and open; I think the only reason you create another platform is for political reasons”.
Previously, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
Rubin expands his thoughts on Android versus Windows Phone 7:
I encourage everybody to use it, but I’m also not under the impression that everybody will use it, which is a good thing, because competition is good for the consumer and if somebody has an an idea for a feature or a piece of functionality in their platform and Android doesn’t do it, great. I think it’s good to have the benefit of choice, but in the end I don’t think the world needs another platform.It was argued that the key strength of Android lies in Google’s ability to create mashups of many services, following their cloud computing vast experience.